I'd like to learn more about the anatomy of a debian file system - what all the various [usr/[local/][s]bin directories are for, where new apps I install (without packages) should go, what /etc and /var are for, etc. Is there a FAQ or HOWTO that I can read that covers this stuff?
More generally, what's a good strategy for finding the approrpriate FAQs? I've asked a few questions this week, and all the answers were in FAQs or HOWTOs -- I just didn't find them when I looked. For example, I searched linuxdoc.org for "directory structure" for this question, but didn't find much useful info. Any suggestions are welcome. Thanks, - Marc